Bi-Weekly Babylon Community Updates (8 May 2025)

April 25 - May 8, 2025

Welcome back 👋 to our bi-weekly roundup of all things happening within the Babylon Genesis community. From major conference appearances to ecosystem milestones, here’s a full rundown of what’s been moving across protocol, partnerships, governance, and more.

🛠️ Tech in Motion: Protocol Updates

The Phase-1, Cap-1 stake-only restriction was removed on April 24, 2025, enabling stakers to now participate fully, not just by staking BTC, but also by actively voting in the finality protocol.

This marks a key milestone in that Babylon Genesis can now accept all BTC stakes - both those from Phase-1 and now new Bitcoin stakes.

https://x.com/babylonlabs_io/status/1915498320635572510

https://babylonlabs.io/blog/phase-2-btc-staking-participation-guide

A case study was developed to showcase how Noble USD can be used on Babylon Genesis. It outlines the different ways you can currently use Noble USDC on Babylon Genesis, whether by swapping, or bridging, as well as other available options to navigate and engage with the Babylon Genesis ecosystem.

https://babylon.foundation/blogs/ways-to-use-noble-usdc-on-babylon-genesis

🤝 On the Ground: Integrations & IRL Moments

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks, both online and in real life. The big event last week was TOKEN2049, where the Babylon Labs team had a strong presence throughout. 

Stakecito x Babylon Brunch

On Sunday, 27 April, Babylon Labs co-hosted a brunch with Stakecito to bring together Bitcoin and Cosmos builders before the conference got into its full swing. 

Corn Hub Dubai – Babylon Takeover (Day 1)

On Wednesday, 30 April, Babylon Labs took over the first day of Corn Hub Dubai - a co-working and networking hub during TOKEN2049.

Shared Security Showdown Panel

Babylon Labs CTO Fisher Yu joined Max Resnick, Sreeram Kannan, and Misha Putiatin at the Staking Rewards Summit, held just ahead of TOKEN2049, to discuss the future of blockchain security and Bitcoin’s evolving role in the narrative.

https://x.com/babylonlabs_io/status/1916902041198235900

Babylon Labs is proud to be supporting the Crypto Council of Innovation to support staking in the US.

https://x.com/babylonlabs_io/status/1917911883153281151

Redstone, a leading price oracle, now provides $BABY pricing. This implementation enables dapps to access accurate $BABY price feeds when needed, supporting DeFi protocols that integrate with Babylon's ecosystem. 

https://x.com/redstone_defi/status/1917899940904472874

Babylon Labs is providing technical guidance to Nexus Mutual to build a slashing protection product specifically tailored for the Babylon Bitcoin staking protocol.

https://babylonlabs.io/blog/expanding-bitcoin-staking-protection-babylon-labs-supports-nexus-mutual-cover-development

🎙️ Babylon Genesis on Air: AMAs & X Spaces

We’ve been keeping the conversation going across the ecosystem - from staking deep dives to protocol updates and partner spotlights. Here’s where you may have heard from the team this month:

• April 24: X Space with Axelar, Elys Netowrk & Bedrock- Where they discussed integrating Bitcoin staking across multiple chains, emphasizing interoperability and the progression of DeFi in the space.

• May 1: X Space with Noble - Babylon and Noble discussed stablecoin infrastructure and how Noble can enable stablecoin support within the Babylon ecosystem.

• May 8: X Space with Persistence - Babylon and Persistence discussed the integration of Bitcoin staking into Persistence's liquid staking and restaking ecosystem and what this could mean for BTCFi.

🔭 Looking Ahead

With Phase-1, Cap-1 now lifted, Babylon Genesis enters the next phase of activity and participation.

Thanks for being part of this journey. As always, we’re building in public — and we’d love your feedback. Join us in Discord or reach out on X with thoughts, questions, or ideas.
See you in two weeks. 👋